Rig Veda · 4.4.4

Rig Veda 4.4.4 — Agni

Verse 4 of 15 from Sukta 4.4 (Agni) in Mandala 4 of the Rig Veda.

Rig Veda 4.4.4

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

उद अग्ने तिष्ठ परत्य आ तनुष्व नय अमित्रां ओषतात तिग्महेते | यो नो अरातिं समिधान चक्रे नीचा तं धक्ष्य अतसं न शुष्कम

IAST Romanisation

ud aghne tiṣṭha praty ā tanuṣva ny amitrāṃ oṣatāt tighmahete | yo no arātiṃ samidhāna cakre nīcā taṃ dhakṣy atasaṃ na śuṣkam

English Translation (Griffith)

Rise up, O Agni, spread thee out before us: burn down our foes, thou who hast sharpened arrows. Him, blazing Agni! who hath worked us mischief, consume thou utterly like dried-up stubble.

Explanation

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